Israel shocked at UNESCO Chair

Gaza University tied to Hamas, has called for Islamic conquest of Vatican and Spain.

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(Communicated by the MFA Spokesperson)

The Foreign Ministry of the State of Israel today expressed its
shock and consternation at the news that UNESCO is establishing a Chair
at the Islamic University of Gaza.

The Islamic University of Gaza is a known greenhouse and breeding
ground for Hamas terrorists. Only last month, the University's Dean of
Koranic studies openly called for the Islamic conquest of the Vatican
and of Spain

UNESCO's motto is that "It is in the minds of men
that the defenses of peace must be constructed," yet the Islamic
University of Gaza is poisoning the minds of men for the

cause of terror.

Scientists and Academics at the University double as Hamas
technocrats. The Islamic University serves as an employment program and
intellectual retreat for Hamas leaders. The University conducts lectures
on Hamas' radical ideology and concentrates on hostility to Israel;
Hamas uses Gaza University laboratories to develop and produce
explosives and rockets and has even run a course on explosive making.
The university is a warehouse for weapons and a venue for secret
meetings of military leaders.

UNESCO continues to damage its reputation. After establishing the
Obiang prize, UNESCO is now establishing a chair linked to a terror
organization.

Hamas and the Islamic University believe in extremism, violence and
terror - not Education, Science and Culture. That UNESCO should choose
to establish a chair in such a University damages further UNESCO's
reputation and it creates uncomfortable and inappropriate bedfellows.